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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7419957 | Peptides of melanoma antigen and their use in diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic methods Immunogenic peptides of a melanoma antigen recognized by T cells, designated gp100, bioassays using the peptides to diagnose, assess or prognose a mammal afflicted with cancer, more specifically melanoma or metastatic melanoma, and use of the proteins and peptides a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7381405 | Methods of preparing lymphocytes that express interleukin-2 and their use in the treatment of cancer The invention provides methods of preparing autologous T-lymphocytes for re-introduction into a patient having cancer, which method comprises obtaining peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a patient immunized with an antigen of the cancer, stimulating the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378276 | Method of inducing memory B cell development and terminal differentiation A method is disclosed herein for inducing differentiation of a B cell progenitor into a memory B cells and/or a plasma cell. The method includes contacting a population of cells including a mature B cell or a B cell progenitor with an effective amount of IL-21, and ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7332645 | IL-21 as a regulator of immunoglobin production A transgenic mouse is disclosed herein whose somatic and germ cells comprise a disrupted IL-21 receptor gene, the disruption being sufficient to inhibit the binding of IL-21 to an IL-21 receptor, and a disrupted IL-4 gene, the disruption being sufficient to inhibit ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311208 | Environmentally friendly filter cartridge A filter cartridge which is environmentally friendly in that it is made up of components which are all incinerateable. The ends of a filter element are sealed using potting compound and plastic endcaps. The upper endcap, which is closed, has a pressure relief apertu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7271002 | Production of adeno-associated virus in insect cells A method of producing an adeno-associated virus (AAV) in an insect cell comprising (i) providing at least one insect cell-compatible vector comprising a first nucleotide sequence comprising at least one AAV ITR nucleotide sequence, a second nucleotide sequence conta... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261217 | Tamper evident multiple door closure A server lid for a container with an integral tear strip tamper evident feature. A tear strip for the tamper evident feature is molded as an adjunct to a base member which forms the closure. The tear strip is joined to the base by at least one frangible web, and hin... | 08/28/2007 |
| RE39788 | Gene therapy Primary human cells which are genetically engineered with DNA (RNA) encoding a marker or therapeutic which is expressed to be expressed in vivo. Such engineered cells may be used in gene therapy. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257467 | Method of estimating the volumetric carrying capacity of a truck body A method for estimating the effective volumetric capacity of a truck body is provided. The method includes the step of establishing a side-to-side profile of a generic load model. A front-to-rear profile of the generic load model is also established. Load plateau li... | 08/14/2007 |
| D544921 | Anti-pry corner panel for vending machine | 06/19/2007 |
| D543780 | Beverage fountain keypad | 06/05/2007 |
| D542087 | Beverage fountain keypad | 05/08/2007 |
| D541350 | Vending machine door | 04/24/2007 |
| 7179908 | Water-and organic-soluble cucurbituril derivatives, their preparation methods, their separation methods and uses Provided are cucurbituril derivatives having the formula (1), their preparation methods and uses: where X is O, S or NH; R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting o... | 02/20/2007 |
| D536499 | Corrugated display cart | 02/06/2007 |
| 7153701 | Method for quantitatively detecting antigen A method for quantitatively detecting an antigen which comprises (1) a first step of providing an Fab′ antibody having a uniform isoelectric point, said antibody forming an immune complex with an antigen in an analytical sample and being modified by adding an amin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7095181 | Method and apparatus for controllably generating sparks in an ignition system or the like An apparatus for controllably generating sparks is provided. The apparatus includes a spark generating device; at least two output stages connected to the spark generating device; means for charging energy storage devices in the output stages and at least partially ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7084239 | Cancer peptides of NY-ESO-1/CAG-3 The present invention discloses the identification, isolation and cloning of a gene encoding a novel cancer antigen NY ESO-1CAG-3 and peptides thereof derived from various open reading frames from the NY ESO-1 gene. The novel cancer antigen and peptides are recogniz... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7063100 | Flow regulator with pressure relief combination valve A flow regulator with pressure relief combination valve is disclosed which can include a housing and a valve assembly. The housing can have a chamber and four ports. A cage, having a plurality of cross holes, is supported by the housing. A hollow spool is slidably d... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7022811 | 3,4-Alkylenedioxythiophene compounds and polymers thereof A thiophene compound represented by formula (I): wherein A represents a C1-5-alkylene bridge substituted with at least one fluorine atom and/or at least one alkyl group substituted with a fluorine-containing-... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6944144 | Vertical roaming in wireless networks through improved quality of service measures A system and method for improved vertical handoff between different types of wireless network. Network allocation vector occupation and packet collision probability are used as quality of service measures, enabling vertical handoffs to be delayed until actually bene... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6931522 | Method for a computer using the system image on one of the partitions to boot itself to a known state in the event of a failure A method and system for booting a computer system to a known state at system start-up or in the event of an error or failure while the system is running or operating. The method and system of the invention automatically executes all the necessary procedures to boot ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6904430 | Method and system for efficiently identifying differences between large files Methods and data structures are disclosed for carrying out identifying differences between large files comprising many lines (or other units of comparison such as rows, words, paragraphs, sentences, etc.). The disclosed methods and data structures facilitate and car... | 06/07/2005 |
| D504303 | Bracket for shakleless padlock | 04/26/2005 |
| 6880378 | Chain cutter A compact chain cutting apparatus for automatically shearing and opening a chain link of a selected thickness in one operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes a housing, a first shearing member, a second shearing member, and an electro-hydraulic actuator system... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6877251 | Drying installation within a sheet-fed printing press A drying apparatus for a sheet-fed offset printing machine which dries sheets as they pass along a sheet path with forcefully directed air and/or heat. The drying apparatus of the present invention is adapted for more effective sheet drying by means of an electrode ... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6862285 | Method and system for communicating with a virtual circuit network A host computer communicatively linked with a virtual circuit network and communicatively linked with a device over a local area network receives a virtual circuit message from the virtual circuit network, such as an asynchronous transfer mode network. A data struct... | 03/01/2005 |
| D501786 | Bracket for shakleless padlock | 02/15/2005 |
| 6854157 | Debris collection systems and vehicles The invention provides debris collection devices that include a debris contacting mechanism, a debris transport mechanism that is configured to receive debris moved by the debris contacting mechanism at an inlet and move such debris towards a debris storage compartm... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6791323 | Method and apparatus for measuring and correcting motion effects using navigator echoes A method and apparatus for detecting displacement of an object using navigator echoes is presented. For motion that is linear in 3D, a linear regression on k-space data is performed by fitting a straight line to the motion-induced phase shift using a k-space weighte... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6755205 | Method to stabilize a nozzle flapper valve A method and apparatus to attenuate a flapper valve from oscillating is presented. An inertia tube is added to the flow path of the flapper valve nozzle, which effectively produces a stabilizing pressure force on the flapper at its natural frequency. The inertia tub... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6757904 | Flexible interface for communicating between operating systems A method and system for communicating between operating systems using an interface that provides an abstraction layer of one of the operating systems. At least one channel is created that allows messages and data packets to be transferred between the operating syste... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6702101 | Blower operated airknife with air augmenting shroud A low pressure blower operated airknife having a housing with an elongated primary air discharge orifice for directing a narrow width curtain of air. The airknife includes an air-augmenting shroud which defines auxiliary discharge orifices on opposite lon... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6641329 | Liquid containment/diversion dike A liquid filled dike is described. The dike is formed of a flexible material selected to contain water. The dike includes at least two bladders which extend at least a portion of the length of the dike. The dike can be transported in empty condition and f... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6636177 | Volumetric phased array antenna system A volumetric phased array antenna system comprising a number of antenna elements, each of which is connected to a T/R (transmitter/receiver) module, being under the control of a beam steering computer (BSC), to which T/R module a transmitting signal is fe... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6528629 | Malto-oligosaccharide derived glycosides Disclosed is a method for preparing a malto-oligosaccharide derived glycoside. Generally, the method comprises providing a malto-oligosaccharide and glycosylating the malto-oligosaccharide with an alcohol or a thiol under conditions suitable to form a ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6499057 | System and method for activating uniform network resource locators displayed in a media broadcast A system and method are provided for activating a uniform network resource locator displayed in a media broadcast. In one embodiment, a uniform network resource locator can be embedded in a media file. In another embodiment, a video signal or media broadc... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6479778 | Vacuum switch including windmill-shaped electrodes A vacuum switch includes a pair of windmill-shaped electrodes within a vacuum tube and including windmill portions and contact portions. Each of the windmill-shaped electrodes is arranged such that a component of a magnetic flux parallel to a contact surf... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6427833 | Data disc storage case A data disc storage case for holding a data disc has a body including a pair of panels inter-connected for pivoting apart and close together, one of the panels incorporating a disc locator. The locator includes a platform for supporting a disc having a re... | 08/06/2002 |
